8 Va. App. 98 - James v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
March 2008
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. United States · 4 Va. App. 577 - DePriest v. Commonwealth · Evans v. Commonwealth · State v. Corn · Horne v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) [T]he witness must have had firsthand knowledge of the event, (2) the written statement must be an original memorandum made at or near the time of the event, when the witness had a clear and accurate memory of it, (3) the witness must lack a present recollection of the event, (4) the witness must vouch for the accuracy of the written memorandum.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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